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White Paper The Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) most recent bank crime statistics report 7,272 thefts against federally insured FIs in 2006 - up from previous years - resulting in more than $70 million in... [11 Nov 2009]
Phishers set their sights on corporate accounts
News The FBI is seeing several new victim complaints and cases every week, according to an Internet Crime Complaint Center report. Fraudsters have attempted to steal an estimated $100m from corporate bank... [04 Nov 2009]
Soca's cybercrime cops score 21 convictions
News As well as fighting homegrown criminals, Soca also focuses on tackling cybercrime internationally in alliance with overseas law enforcement and recently worked with the FBI in a card fraud sting that saw more than 60... [15 Jul 2009]
Data moving to the cloud? Cybercrime will follow
News FBI agent Donna Peterson said her office had seen a "tremendous uptick in large-scale, fairly devastating data breaches", with the biggest heist being close to $10m stolen in 24 hours. The days of tracking down software... [13 Jul 2009]
End Point Security Strategy
White Paper In the 2006 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, 72% of the respondents have experienced computer security incidents. Networks once only existed in large enterprise and government organizations. [17 May 2009]
Soca socking it to the cyber criminals
News The agency worked with the FBI to secure nearly 60 arrests in connection with the DarkMarket forum - where stolen credit card and banking details were traded - helping to save more than $70m in potential losses. [14 May 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News The FBI agent whose undercover sting operation led to the dismantling of an international cybercrime ring believes that increasing transnational police co-operation is turning the tide against digital criminals. [23 Apr 2009]
UK police: 'We need crime breathalysers for PCs'
News McMurdie said UK police have also been talking to the FBI and US Computer Emergency Readiness Team units about their use of remote searches of hard drives over the net. Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie,... [11 Dec 2008]
Managed Anti-DDoS Service Protection
White Paper Twenty five percent of respondents to the 2006 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey performed by the Computer Security Institute had experienced a DDoS attack. As the Internet becomes increasingly... [22 Oct 2008]
Cyber crime ring stung by police raid
News Sharon Lemon, deputy director of e-crime for Soca, which aided the FBI operation, said that some suspects remained at large in the UK and overseas. In the last two weeks, almost 60 people have been... [17 Oct 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News The World Bank Group was first notified of the intrusions by the FBI in September 2007, when the bureau was investigating another cyber crime case involving transactions out of Johannesburg, South Africa. [13 Oct 2008]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News UK security chief at Microsoft and former top cyber security agent for the FBI in the UK Ed Gibson raised similar concerns about the scale of the proposals. It follows an earlier admission by a Home Office spokesperson... [04 Sep 2008]
Cyber crime: The global battle
News Police forces worldwide are mobilising to tackle the estimated $104bn global cyber crime menace but money, manpower and expertise varies wildly from country to country, with the UK's response being attacked by... [05 Jun 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment Recently, I was passed a copy of an FBI report to the US Congress from 2004, the last declassified year. Five years ago, hopes were high that cyber crime could be cracked. A short cyber... [29 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Photos: Australian broadband goes for a deep-sea dive ¦ FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and... [17 Apr 2008]
